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Classified Information Procedures Act
1980 US federal law covering state secrets / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Classified Information Procedures Act or CIPA (Pub. L.Tooltip Public Law (United States) 96–456, 94 Stat. 2025, enacted October 15, 1980 through S. 1482) is codified as the third appendix to Title 18 of the U.S. Code, the title concerning crimes and criminal procedures. The U.S. Code citation is 18 U.S.C. App. III. Sections 1-16.
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Other short titles | Classified Information Procedures Act of 1980 |
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Long title | An Act to provide certain pretrial, trial, and appellate procedures for criminal cases involving classified information. |
Acronyms (colloquial) | CIPA, CICTPA |
Nicknames | Classified Information Criminal Trial Procedures Act |
Enacted by | the 96th United States Congress |
Effective | October 15, 1980 |
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Public law | 96-456 |
Statutes at Large | 94 Stat. 2025 |
Codification | |
Titles amended | 18 U.S.C.: Crimes and Criminal Procedure |
U.S.C. sections created | 18 U.S.C. Appendix §§ 1-16 |
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